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As basic as it is, and completely uninventive, I've always loved Dijkstra's algorithm.

It was probably the algorithm that cemented my love of computer science, it's such an elegant solution to a problem and so simple once you understand it.

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I was always thought it was a greedy way of doing a breadth first search.

Why "uninventive?"

I believe GP meant that picking Dijkstra's is an uninventive answer to the question of a favorite algorithm, since it's very well-known.

Ah that makes sense.

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